Mount an AFP or SMB then run an app from it

Hi everyone.
My problem:
I need to mount an AFP or an SMB share and then run a .app from it.
I then add this to the login items and it runs at login.
The .app can be located on our xserve or windows server.
I have tried:
mount_smbfs
But this causes errors in mounting and wont delete the folder it creates for itself and when other users log into the machine it will not run the app.
Any help would be great!
Thanks,
Matt.

Hi TT,
Yes I want to add an application that is located on a network share to the login items.
User Accounts are set up in Active Directory.
There is an OD master on our xserve that connects to AD for authentication.
Kerberos is disabled on xserve.
Guest access can be enabled to the share.
I have tried the following in an applescript:
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script "open afp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@SERVER/APPNAME.app"
end tell
With AFP or with SMB - both don't work.
Tried another applescript for finder:
tell application "Finder"
mount volume "afp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@SERVER"
end tell
then the terminal command after that to open the app.
Doesn't work either.
I'm confused :S
Thanks,
Matt.

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